Way Down East
“A simple story for plain people.”
Synopsis
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer and must then rebuild her life despite the stigma of having borne a child out of wedlock.
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Box Office
1920 · Box office
Grossed $4.5M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$4.5M
Also known as
- Mädchenlosde
- Weit im Ostende
- Las dos tormentases
- À travers l'oragefr
- Agonia sui ghiacciit
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Cast & Crew
15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Lillian Gish
as Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess
as David Bartlett
Mrs David Landau
as Anna Moore's Mother
Lowell Sherman
as Lennox Sanderson
Burr Mcintosh
as Squire Bartlett
Josephine Bernard
as Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs Morgan Belmont
as Diana Tremont
Patricia Fruen
as Diana's Sister
Florence Short
as The Eccentric Aunt
Kate Bruce
as Mrs. Bartlett
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